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Yeah. It never made sense to me how, if they have two lines, one high end one aimed at nerd collectors and one aimed at kids, that the SDCC exclusive (which is high end and aimed at nerd collectors) would be from the kids line.
Also, I want to say that I do web searches every day for new images of Classics Bebob and Rocksteady. That is all.

Walmart and Target have them in their system but they are not in any planograms so they were only available the last time on their websites, I don't see that to change much given they don't have the space to allocate to TMNT 4" AND Classics huge blister packaging

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Yeah, I can't really see them going from "Available Nowhere" to "Available Everywhere" status -- even in the span of months.

I really think this distribution scheme/method hurts the line's longevity. Not just this line, but collector's lines in general. Prices get inflated. Then people feel cheated when the prices come back down to Earth

BBTS will be getting them as I have already pre-ordered mine...since I had to sell my first set due to medical bills

Yeah have 3 cases on order, I have not presold them yet because the last time Playmates sent them in pretty crappy packaging so a few were damaged and I would hate to presell damaged product. Plus they refuse to give us a proper breakdown so we have no idea if there are 2,4,or 6 Bebop and Rocksteady sets

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Found the rat king and cockroach exterminator at toyrus last night. I didn't buy them because my boys aren't into turtles much anymore, but they looked cool. Also saw one of the third version turtles about as good as the ooze turtles.

I think this is a bad idea. They're holding off on the Classics Bebop and Rocksteady that have already been shown so that they can release the vintage figures (again!), and these new movie turtles.

This is what will happen ... People won't want to buy another set of 4 turtles in Classics, Playmates will see it as a failure, and then no more Classics will be released as the line is seen to not be doing well, which means no Bebop, rocksteady or any other figures like Splinter, Shredder, April, Casey etc, etc.

"Skeletor to King Randor, Skeletor to King Randor, come in you Royal Boob!"

I think Bebop and Rocksteady will still be released, but we won't see any more Classic figures after that. I don't think the movie figures will sell well and they are doing those vintage figures again.

I think this is a bad idea. They're holding off on the Classics Bebop and Rocksteady that have already been shown so that they can release the vintage figures (again!), and these new movie turtles.

This is what will happen ... People won't want to buy another set of 4 turtles in Classics, Playmates will see it as a failure, and then no more Classics will be released as the line is seen to not be doing well, which means no Bebop, rocksteady or any other figures like Splinter, Shredder, April, Casey etc, etc.

Bebop and Rocksteady are essentially "Wave 2", which is this Fall.032-SDCC-2013-Playmates-TMNT.jpg
Movie Turtles are "Wave 3" which is Spring 2014.033-SDCC-2013-Playmates-TMNT.jpg
As much as I dig the idea of those Movie Turtles, I really wish we were getting more variety/interesting figures for that Classics collection. I'm also EXTREMELY bummed that we haven't seen updated, production versions of Bebop and Rocksteady. Playmates doesn't seem too terribly interested in hyping the Classics line to the fans.

I just found Rat King and the 4 stealth turtles at Toys R Us last night. I had decided I wasn't going to be picking up TMNT variants other than Raphael (my favorite) but these guys were just too cool. I'm a sucker for anything that's stealthy/ covert ops-ish. They're really, really fun. Not as well articulated as the original turtles but much better than the Ooze Tossin' Turtles. Lots of cool, unique accessoriesand fun little details on the figures. I'll get around to reviewing them soon.

Didn't see the Cockroach Exterminator, so I'll still be looking for him.